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Having achieved significant territorial successes in competition law enforcement, Caribbean states are now eagerly anticipating the launch of the CARICOM Competition Commission this year. The historic event is set for November 30 in Suriname, where the Commission, which will enforce competition in regional trading agreements, will be based. Executive Director of Jamaica's Fair Trading Commission (FTC), Barbara Lee, told JIS...

The Road Safety Unit has reported a reduction in the number of children killed on the nation's roads for the first eight months of the year, but has expressed concern for those in the five to nine age group, which accounts for the highest number of road fatalities among children. According to statistics from the Unit, 18 children have died...

It is with a heavy heart and great sadness that I convey to the Government and people of Saint Lucia my deep personal sympathy on the passing of Sir John George Melvin Compton, KDMG, OCC. In his passing, St. Lucia and indeed the Caribbean, has lost one of its finest sons. I feel the special loss of a sincere colleague...

Heads of Government and top health officials from across the region are expected to be in full attendance at the first ever CARICOM Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), which will take place on September 15 in Trinidad and Tobago. According to Dr. Edward Green, CARICOM Assistant Secretary General, the main objective of the Summit is to forge dialogue on the...

Children from some 194 households in Manchester recently benefited from a special back-to-school initiative valued at $1.2 million, funded by West Indies Alumina Company (WINDALCo), Kirkvine Works. Speaking to JIS News, WINDALCo Public Relations Officer, Kayon Wallace-Headley, noted that this assistance was not just a "one shot affair." "The Employee and Community Relations Department, as part of its mandate to...

The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) will field an entry in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race for the first time when one of the yachts competing in the 2007/08 race will be named "Jamaica". Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Burchell Whiteman will participate in the official naming ceremony at Albert Dock, in Liverpool, on Saturday, September 15,...

Donovan Hammond, Office Manager at the Jamaican High Commission in London, was recently honoured by the High Commission for more than 30 years of dedicated service. At the reception, which also served to celebrate his conferment with an Order of Distinction in this year's National Honours and Awards, Mr. Hammond, who has worked with the High Commission since 1974, was...

Senior Lecturer in the faculty of law at the University of Haifa in Israel, Dr. Michal Gal, will deliver the 8th annual Shirley Playfair Lecture, a major calendar event of the Fair Trading Commission (FTC). The lecture will be held on Thursday, September 20 at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston and will begin at 5:30 p.m. The late attorney-at-law,...

The current minimum wage is to be reviewed and the Minimum Wage Advisory Commission is calling on persons to submit their recommendations. Speaking with JIS News, member of the Advisory Commission and a representative of the Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF), Silvera Castro, noted that the review should be viewed as a national effort. "We are urging persons to make their...

Prime Minister, The Honourable Bruce Golding has announced the names of 18 persons who will be sworn in as Cabinet Ministers at a ceremony scheduled for King's House on Friday September 14 at 11.00 a.m. The names are as follows: Prime Minister, Planning & Development, Defence Bruce Golding Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of ForeignAffairs & Trade Dr. Kenneth Baugh...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding said Jamaica will continue its diplomatic relations with Cuba. Acknowledging that there were difficulties in the relationship between Jamaica and Cuba during the 1980s, Mr. Golding said that was a different time and the world has changed dramatically since then. He said both countries could maintain and deepen their relations on the basis of mutual respect...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding has said that Jamaica remains committed to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in recognition of the fact that changes in the global environment requires readjusting the approach to regional integration. Mr. Golding made the statement in his inaugural address as Prime Minister of Jamaica, on (Sept. 11) swearing-in ceremony at King's House. "I have long maintained that...